English football risks becoming like “Cyprus” unless Greg Dyke’s Commission plans are adopted.

The dire warning from two-time former England caretaker boss Howard Wilkinson came as Dyke was criticised for his B-team proposals that have split the lower divisions.

But after Dyke revealed plans to force clubs to develop English-qualified players and restrict foreign imports, Wilkinson’s fears underpinned the need for change.

Dyke and his team spent seven months drafting the proposals – the Premier League declined the invitation to take part formally – released at Wembley on Thursday.

The FA chairman revealed that, this season, only 32 per cent of the starting players for Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City had been qualified to play for England, with the only “new player” United rookie James Wilson.

Dyke said: “The clubs and managers I have spoken to talk about the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ or ‘Black Hole’ in which players between 18 and 21 disappear, never to return.

“What happens when that 30 per cent drops to 20? What happens if it just continues? What do we do? We think this is urgent. If we’re going to change anything by 2022, this is urgent.”

But it was when 2002 England World Cup right-back Danny Mills, another commission member, spoke, that Wilkinson made his prediction.

“What if we do nothing and numbers dwindle and we end up with an England team picked from the second and third tier of English football?” asked Mills.

Wilkinson interjected: “Cyprus!” – with Mills adding: “Where’s the inspiration for kids? The highest ambition of every kid is to play in the World Cup. But if your team has not got any chance of even qualifying, how do you think that’s going to affect kids’ aspirations?”

Under the proposals – a winter break was not even considered – top clubs will be able to field B-teams in a new League Three, involving Conference sides, or enter the new “Strategic Loan ­Partnerships”, extending the sort of arrangement that exists between Spurs and Swindon.

The plans to see 13 “home-grown” players in club squads by 2022 – the year that Dyke targeted for World Cup glory – and an immediate ­tightening up of work permits are more likely to find favour.

Key points proposed by the FA commission

Increasing the proportion of English players in the Premier League to 45 per cent by 2022

Introduce up to 10 Premier League B teams in a new ‘League Three’ in 2016/17

A cap of two non-EU players per Premier League squad

No players on overseas visas allowed to play below the Premier League, or loaned to any other club in England

Loan partnerships between Premier League and up to two lower league clubs